The way Lydia's mother "helped" her with her homework reminds me of my own junior high science struggles with my dad.😬
Everything I Never Told You is a heart breaking family drama focusing on mixed race relationships, keeping secrets, pressure & love. This devastating story will stay with me.
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After reporter Jessica Williams is fired for plagiarism in a public scandal, she plans a trip to Mexico to escape. Sitting next to her at the airport bar though is another Jessica Williams. The cat & mouse game of You Can't Catch Me begins. Her bank account is emptied, & she starts to investigate. Enter more Jessica's, deception & threats, and she seeks revenge to catch the con artist.
The side story that Jessica was brought up in a cult was interesting.
You Can't Catch Me was a fast, compelling read that captured my interest from the get-go.
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When an accident puts you in the hospital facing a long, painful recovery, you would expect to have the support of your parents and fiancé. Not the case though for Margaret in How to Walk Away.
Katherine Center did a great job at creating hateable characters in Margaret's mother and her fiancé Charlie. Both of their reactions were awful, and I was pissed at what insensitive & unhelpful idiots they were. Center presented a complicated sibling relationship with Margaret & her sister Kit. Like how you can only reach out so many times before you stop trying, and how fast siblings can get into a rage state, & everything they were ever angry about comes tumbling out.
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It's a typical story of thinking you have it all: a successful company with your husband & a happy marriage. But Kate's husband leaves her for a younger woman in The Next Wife. Tish is an annoying, childish person that you certainly don't root for. 🤨The story, writing and characters fell flat for me.
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I received these books in giveaways, thank you Bookstagrammers!
Until next time,
~Kara
